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Scientists have now discovered how molecular motors transport cargoes in cells. Two competing teams of motors pull in opposite directions, like in a tug-of-war contest.
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Chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia are two serious and debilitating diseases with no confirmed cause and limited treatment options.
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An international team has determined the detailed structure of the enzyme the Norwalk virus uses to make copies of its genetic code in order to replicate itself.
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Researchers have developed a new method for creating pairs of entangled photons and used them to test fundamental concepts in quantum theory.
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Researchers have set the stage for building the evolutionary link between the microelectronics of today and future generations of organic devices.
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Thin films made of meta-materials - man-made composites engineered to offer strange combinations of electromagnetic properties - can reduce microwaves.
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Full-body PET/CT scanning can detect unsuspected, treatable tumours in 3 of 15 patients with Li-Fraumeni syndrome, a rare genetic cancer disease.
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Researchers have created the first three-dimensional image of how a well-established chemotherapy agent targets and binds to DNA.
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A mathematical approach for analysing a protein simultaneously in a set of ecologically distinct species to identify occurrences of natural selection has been developed.
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A bodysuit that heats or cools a patient, combined with painless measurements of eye movements, helps to study the link between body temperature and MS symptoms.
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The virus responsible for most cases of cervical cancer has a serious weakness which may provide hope for new treatments for the disease.
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Material scientists have discovered that buckyballs are so strong they can hold volumes of hydrogen nearly as dense as those at the centre of Jupiter.
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Researchers have conducted the first-ever brain imaging study that directly contrasts two different techniques for emotion regulation.
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Designer enzymes will have applications for defence against biological warfare, by deactivating pathogenic biological agents.
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Since 2001, state and local health departments in the United States (US) have accelerated efforts to prepare for high-impact public health emergencies.
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Anthrax and plague bacteria are etiological agents for worldwide zoonotic diseases and are considered among the most feared potential bioterror agents.
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PCR-based detection and identification of viruses assumes a known, relatively stable genome.
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A new study from The University of Texas at Austin reveals women's preferences can be influenced by their own attractiveness.
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A small RNA molecule, known as let-7 microRNA (miRNA), substantially reduced cancer growth in multiple mouse models of lung cancer.
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New technology at is enabling researchers to translate the most abstract, complex scientific concepts into clearer, more precise 3-dimensional images.
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